senate republicans who agree with that sentiment. that doesn't mean there won't be some high jinks and things to lengthen this process out. ana, we do expect this is going to be a situation that's pretty short in duration up here on the hill. >> ali vitali, thanks for giving us those scene setters as congress gets back in action. appreciate you. and that's going to do it for us today. enjoy the eclipse. make sure to stay safe. keep those glasses handy, and don't stop in the middle of the road. and i'll see you back here tomorrow, same time, same place. don't forget you can catch our show around the clock online on youtube as well as other platforms. for now i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. josé diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. ♪♪ good morning, it's 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i'm josé diaz-balart.

millions of people across north america will view a rare event, a total solar eclipse. it's going to be visible along what's known as the path of totality. that stretches 100 miles wide and spans 15 states as well as mexico and parts of eastern canada. along that path, tens of millions of people will see the afternoon skies completely darken when the moon slips between the earth and sun temporarily blocking the sun's light. other parts of the u.s. outside the path of totality will be able to see a partial solar eclipse. now there is a question about whether cloud coverage could restrict the view for some. part of what makes today so special, the u.s. won't see another total solar eclipse of this scale for two more decades. our team joins us this morning from the path, al roker, co-host of "today" is in dallas, nbc's maura barrett at the university

of indiana's football stadium in bloomington, and nbc's george solis from the u.s.s. intrepid museum in new york city. al, what are you expecting today? >> well, jorge, i'm telling you, it is going to be fantastic. jose, we are looking at an unbelievable event that's going to bring together over 31 million people all across the country. i'm so excited about this. we're all going to come together. we're all going to be looking towards the sky. right here in dallas, for example, 1.5 million people are possible. able to look at this. they're expecting about 400,000 people or more to come downtown. they expect this to add almost a half a billion dollars to the economy here, and it just starts here, and then it continues up and across the midwest where we're looking for fairly decent

weather, jose. we're going to be looking at st. louis. indianapolis is going to have great weather. here in dallas, probably some high clouds. right now it's a little cloudy. we're hoping for some of this to break loose. for example, junction, texas, where jay gray is about 70% cloud cover. morgan chesky is in his hometown of kerrville. priscilla thompson is going to be here in dallas as well. about 60% cloud cover. that's going to be high cloudiness. so we should see some of that effect. you get to indianapolis where we've got lester holt and tom costello, about 50%, bloomington, indiana, maura barrett is there, chase cain is in little rock, and then the best viewing is probably going to be for our good friend kate snow in hope, maine. it will be clear skies. she's going to have a spectacular view. ryan nobles is in brockport, new

york. so all in all not going to be a total washout for folks. but i do think everybody's going to get some effect. they are going to feel those temperatures drop 5 to 10 degrees during totality. humidity levels may rise, and the winds will drop as the effects of the solar radiation are less because of that. so jose -- and i'm sorry i said -- jose, we are looking at an event that's going to bring the country together, and that's the most exciting part of it. doesn't matter who you are, what you believe, we're all going to be looking up and hoping to be part of this. >> and al, even those of us that aren't in that area where the totality is going to be witnessed, we can see some of it, right? >> that's right, like, for example, in miami, it's going to be about 84 to 92% and as you

move north and west, get into the pacific northwest, it's obviously going to be much less, but a fair number of people will see a decent amount of that eclipse, and so for especially the folks who are to the west of us like st. louis, chicago, you go up into iowa, you're going to be looking at anywhere from 80 to 70% totality. so it's still going to be a beautiful thing to talk about, and jose, look, the next total eclipse here in dallas almost 300 years but for the u.s. the next one is 2044. so like i said, i'm going to be close to a smucker's jar at that point. i think you want to look at this thing and check it out. >> we'll be checking in, al that and then the one after that too, i can guarantee you that one, buddy. maura, what are you hearing from

the people in indiana? >> reporter: as al mentioned, everyone is really excited. people keeping their fingers crossed here in bloomington for the cloud cover to break up just in time for the eclipse. it's bright and sunny right now. we're hoping that holds out. i'm standing what is usually the football stayed. might hear some sound checks as they prepare for musical guests. janelle monae is going to be a concert after the fact. this is rural indiana, right? the student population here at indiana university is about 50,000 people, but they're expecting hundreds of thousands to come through central indiana to get the perfect viewing point, and it's such a cool thing to know that across the country and in a point like here where it's not as densely populated typically, that we're all going to be looking up at the sky at the same moment. what's special here in bloomington is that william shatner, captain kirk himself, is going to be narrating the moments of totality just as the

eclipse is reaching its peak. i actually just got the chance to sit down with him and hear his philosophical view about what to expect. here's some of our conversation. >> it's like it's larger than us. i mean, it's huge when you think about it. we have only in the last, i don't know, 100 years had a scientific explanation of what an eclipse is, but prior to that, can you imagine what people were thinking? the heavens are breaking. ominous sounds. we're all going to die, and now we realize it's not as dire as that, but it's more magical. >> reporter: so there's a lot of emotion surrounding what we expect to see. i spoke to the chair of the astronomy department who talked about the emotion and the sense of responsibility that she said people should have to see something like this in our lifetime, and shatner spoke to that as well to kind of amp up the human curiosity we all have and the fact that this is something that is bringing everyone together for this

special event, jose. >> it really is bringing everybody together, and that's one of the wonderful parts of it. george, how is new york city gearing up for the eclipse? >> hey, jose, yeah, so we're in the along the path of totality so to speak. but we're still having a good time on board the historic intrepid to watch history being made. you can see people trickling in for the viewing party, probably one of the best in the five boroughs. they're hosting a really big party. they printed out about 6,000 of these special glasses. we know how important they are when watching the eclipse, especially when you're not along that path of totality. we're not going to be able to get that total darkness here. 90%. the magic hour, 3:25 is when we'll be able to collectively stop, take a look and embrace this cosmic ballet we have been so fascinated with. it's so rare and beautiful and obviously drawing a lot of people here for this very special viewing party. 90%, that's really good. you look above me, sunny skies, no clouds. we're really going to have a really, really good seat.

maybe one of the better ones across the five boroughs, especially among this historic vessel. i do have my glasses handy, which we have already learned that they're so important because once you look directly into the sun without damaging your eyes, and you know what, they're pretty cool too. >> we're all getting these. al, i think it's important to give people tips on exactly what to do and not to do when looking up during this eclipse? >> yeah, exactly. you want to make sure that you've got the glasses. i've got some here, and basically, yeah, first of all, if you've got glasses from the last eclipse 2017, do not use those because these lenses actually degrade. so you want to make sure you have new ones. if you look, there's an iso number. this logo here, you want to make sure that is very important

because that guarantees that these are the correct glasses e. and then, again, once the eclipse starts, it's not safe to look up until you've got these glasses on. so you put them on. you look up. things are great. the only time you can take these off is when the total eclipse is in its totality, and then once that sun starts to move away, you've got to make sure, you again, put the glasses back on. if you don't have glasses, there's a little thing you can do where you take basically a piece of paper and put a pinhole in a piece of cardboard or something like that and put it on the ground, and you'll actually see the reflection, the shadow go through that pinhole. we call those pinhole cameras. those are very safe. we've got a band playing right now. they're going to be playing music, dancing. dancing is good, getting other people involved. but again, don't do the wild stone. just keep it right here, okay?

this is where you live. this is where you live right here. >> i put these on, a couple of really good tips, al, one, is when i put these glasses on the only thing i see is 10,000 years of pre-columbian history flash before my eyes. because you can't see anything. but that's the idea. >> that's right. >> you shouldn't be able to see. >> these things are 100,000 -- they're 100,000 times darker than normal sunglasses, and so this is what -- you know, when the first eclipse happened here that they recorded in dallas back in 1878, they used smoked glass to look up through there. i know because i was there, and. >> i know, it was great. i remember our live shot during that year, it was very cool. >> al, this is importan as you move and groove as you always do to the best inward rhythms, don't use ones if you have them from the last time around? that's really important. >> yeah, no. yeah, they really do -- they

don't keep -- and especially if there's any kind of damage if they've been -- if there was some sort of bending or something like that, that could actually compromise their efficacy. so make sure they're new ones that have been printed and made up for this event because that's very important. >> the great al roker, maura barrett and george solis, thank you all so much. let's enjoy this day together with rhythm. make sure you stay right here as we track the eclipse. later today we'll talk to a former astronaut who saw a partial eclipse while he was on board the international space station. we'll ask him whether it's a better view from up there or back here on earth. plus, this morning former president trump makes a major announcement on abortion access, we'll play for you what he had to say. overseas, israel withdraws a large portion of its troops from southern gaza. more on what that could mean when we're back in just 60 seconds. you're watching "josé diaz-balart reports" on msnbc.

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and ego authorized dealers. . 13 past the hour. new developments in the israel-hamas war. israel says it has withdrawn some troops from the southern portion of the gaza strip. this comes as thousands gathered yesterday in jerusalem to mark six months since the hamas terror attack that killed more than 1,200 israelis. those who gathered were calling on the government to do more to free the more than 100 hostages still being held in gaza by hamas. back here at home, new comments from democratic maryland senator chris van hollen who's a member of the foreign affairs committee saying he's not clear what the white house policy is toward israel. >> the president and the white house have yet to lay out what consequences they have and they want to impose, and we have had a situation where for months the

president has made requests to the netanyahu government. they have ignored those requests. we have to make sure that when the president requests something that we have a means to enforce it. >> with us now to talk more about this, nbc's hala gorani in tel aviv, israel, and nbc nice white house correspondent aaron gilchrist. hala, what more do we know about why the israelis pulled some of their troops out of southern gaza? >> reporter: well, what they are saying is that they're pulling them out so that they can reinforce the northern part of the gaza strip. they've leaving essentially one brigade inside of the besieged enclave. what they're saying is this is not an end to the war by any means. they can mount targeted strikes in southern gaza. they have removed troops from khan yunis in particular where they spent weeks there conducting operations that have led to the destruction or the near total destruction of

residential buildings there. we've seen images of shocked palestinians returning to their neighborhoods and finding that their homes have been completely leveled and that the infrastructure there has been destroyed. it's important to note, jose, is that this doesn't mean that there's -- this signals an end to the aerial bombardments, and much of this military offensive has been waged from the air with those big 2,000 pound bombs that have been linked to mass casualties. that will still be ongoing. and also, importantly, the prime minister, the army chief of staff, they are all saying that this does not mean it is the end of the war, that they still very much plan on going into rafah. and we know this is something that president biden does not want to happen, a large scale ground invasion in rafah. operationally, it's not something they'll be able to do with these troops going back into the north and some of them exiting the enclave completely. they would have to redeploy. that being said, the message,

the important message from the israeli military is this is not the end, jose. >> yeah, and i mean, aaron, we just heard maryland senator chris van hollen say he's not clear what effects u.s. policy is having towards israel. is the white house responding to comments like this? >> the white house hasn't responded directly to senator van hollen's comments, but they do believe the israelis have been responsive at different points in time throughout this conflict, not always moving as widely and as quickly as the u.s. would like, but that there has been some responsiveness to what the u.s. has asked israel to do. we know at this point specifically as the senator referenced consequences in the clip that you played there a moment ago, i believe was talking about the expectations set out last week by president biden this his conversation with the israeli prime minister around trying to protect civilians, doing a better job of protecting civilians and aid

workers, and saying that there would be potentially a change in u.s. policy in gaza if things were not to move in a direction that did save more lives. i think what we're going to see from the administration or what we've seen so far is that they're not comfortable laying out publicly to us what consequences may come into play. they've said that they intend to watch to see how quickly the israelis are able to move and some of what we heard last week around opening more border crossings for aid to get into israel, that's something that the administration says is a positive step. >> hala gorani and aaron gilchrist, thank you both so very much. up next, why one of the nation's biggest anti-abortion groups says it is disappointed by former president trump's abortion plan. another terrible moment in the skies as an engine cover peels off a plane during takeoff. take look at this. this.

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22 past the hour. new details today about another scare in the air. take a look at this video, it shows the moments when the engine cover of a southwest flight fell off during takeoff. the pilot says the engine cover of the boeing 737-8 hundred struck a wing flap, according to the faa the the plane headed from denver to houston made an

emergency landing. the faa says it will investigate. turning to the 2024 race for the white house, this morning former president trump made an anticipated announcement on his reproductive rights policy as he seeks a second term in the white house. trump posted a video where he once again praised the end of roe v. wade but said specific abortion bans should be left up to the states and avoided calling for a national ban. >> my view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both and whatever they decide must be the law of the land, in this case, the law of the state. at the end of the day, this is all about the will of the people. >> should note that trump's claims that abortion is, quote, where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint is not supported by polling which shows the majority of americans oppose the supreme court's decision to

overturn roe v. wade. joining us now, garrett haake, victoria defrancesco soto, she is an msnbc political analyst, and matthew dowd, served as chief strategist for the 204 bush cheney campaign. he is also senior political contributor. what factors was the trump team weighing when preparing this announcement? >> jose, i think the most important factor they were weighing were the politics of this issue, which have proven to be incredibly potent. abortion rights issues is one of the few issues, perhaps the only issue in which democrats consistently poll better than republicans in this presidential cycle. a majority of the country is dissatisfied with where things are on abortion issues following the end of roe v. wade, and donald trump is getting hammered on this issue. he is taking credit for appointing the justices that came to that decision, and he's basically been saddle with each individual state's abortion position, particularly when they are far more conservative than

what roe had presented. by giving this statement, i think he's trying to wash his hands politically of the fallout of the end of roe and essentially say this is not going to be a federal issue in this election. of course that's not a choice that he alone gets to make. as we've already seen by that pretty aggressive response from the left and right to his announcement to that. >> yeah, what has been that response? >> well, obviously from the left that this is just the latest in a series of positions that donald trump has taken on abortion over the course of his career and that he's likely to have more in the future, and as he says quite clearly in this video, he does still take credit for the end of roe. for some on the right, this just isn't good enough in terms of going far had enough on protecting life as they view it. there's a statement from the susan b. anthony organization which is probably the most prominent antiabortion rights organization out there saying they're deeply disappointed that donald trump left this decision to the states, that essentially this should not be an issue of

geography. this should be an issue of morality. that's also what lindsey graham has had to say, the south carolina is that right who has been a pretty strong supporter of donald trump on almost every issue but is also the author of a 15-week federal abortion ban. he thinks donald trump missed on this and this should be a federal issue. you're going to see that continued criticism from the right here, i think, on this, jose, but from the way that donald trump and his camp view it, those are people that are going to vote for him anyway. if he can kind of ride out their anger on this, perhaps it's a political win for him. his abortion position doesn't make anybody happy except for the team at mar-a-lago who hope they can wash their hands of this issue for a little wheel. >> that abortion policy differs from that of the president of the united states. >> yeah, that's right. i mean, the irony here is this is also an issue of which joe biden is not personally particularly comfortable talking about, but the biden administration has staked out a position here that roe v. wade should've remained the law of the land and specifically the

idea that, you know, abortion policy or abortions cannot be prevented by states, cannot be -- abortion rights could not be curtailed before fetal viability which is generally considered between 15 and 24 weeks, and the idea that states beyond that are generally okay. abortion rights were to be left alone. the biden administration has also trade to make a number of executive orders and other methods to protect things like medication abortions, in states that have curtailed it. this is a very potent issue for democrats but an issue on which neither of the two candidates is especially fluent in their own party's position on the issue. >> yeah, but i mean, victoria, there is something that clearly differentiates president biden from the former president on. how do you see that going forward in this electoral year? >> jose, i see this as a chemo

-- key mobilizing issue with segments that president biden has not been as strong on. we know that among the youth, the approval rating for president biden is not as strong as he would like it to be, but this is the type of issue that can mobilize that 18 to 24, 18 to 36 segment of the population. same thing with women, with, you know, both democratic women and some moderate republican women, and this is so important, jose, because women, we turn out. we have been out voting men for decades, and for women who maybe are apathetic for other reasons, economic, immigration, whatnot, if the issue of abortion connects with them and the reproductive freedom piece of it, maybe that is something that gets them mobilized and turning out in the november election, whereas otherwise they may not have done so. >> matthew, do you think this in

any way helped trump with people who maybe, you know, were not thinking of supporting him? >> no. i mean, i actually think he's taken the worst possible political position, which is amazing when they think -- as garrett was reporting, they think at mar-a-lago he took a good political position. here's what's going to happen, one, i agree with victoria, it's still going to motivate democrats in the course this have. two, it's going to demotivate part of donald trump's base as already evidenced by some of the things they said, where they wanted a federal ban and they wanted to get rid of abortion not only in texas and florida but california and new york. it's going to demotivate part of his base, and three, he still is going to have to answer the question every time a state does something that restricts abortion in this because he's opened the door to say states can do whatever they want. that means he's going to have to answer, well, to you agree with what florida did? do you agree with what texas did?

do you agree with alabama? do you agree with mississippi? >> i don't often agree with lindsey graham, but from a political perspective, he would have been better off going for a 15 week or a 16-week federal policy on this. it would still motivate his base. there are some swing voters that agree with that line. i think he's taken the worst possible political position. >> and victoria, he mentioned that he supports access to ivf, a key provider in alabama says it's ending ivf services because of legal questions. there's a push among some gop lawmakers to reduce access. how do you think this issue is going to be played going forward? >> so seeing donald trump really come forward on the issue of ivf and hanging onto it as a matter of, you know, supporting the family, family rights. this is him trying to make amends with folks who are scared at the constraint towards reproductive freedom, to maybe, again, those more moderate women who say, look, i just don't want

ivf to be touched. i will protect this. look to me for this. so i think this is his play. but again, we are already seen him and the base of the gop be so extreme on abortion, i think that this -- that these statements on ivf are not going to be effective and beat anything at the margin. >> garrett haake, victoria defrancesco soto, and matthew dowd, thank you so very much. up next, the free class high schoolers can take that's worth about $100,000 in savings for a lifetime. plus, we're just hours away from that historic total eclipse, nbc's tom costello is at indianapolis motor speedway. tom, what does it feel like there? >> we have got the crowds building, jose. beautiful day, 70 degrees, blue skies. 50,000 people expected here, 31 million people in the total zone of totality. we'll come back in just a minute. get your shades ready on msnbc.

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36 past the hour, right now millions of people across north america are gearing up to witness a total solar eclipse where the moon passes between the earth and the sun temporarily blocking the sun's light. in just about three hours, the total solar eclipse will enter the u.s. texas will be the first of 15 states to see it. joining us now, nbc's senior

correspondent tom costello at the indianapolis motor speedway in indiana, and leroy chiao, former astronaut and international space station commander. tom, how are you and the people there at indiana waiting to celebrate this? >> reporter: this is the place to be, i think, because listen, we've got a beautiful day here, jose. we've got blue skies at the moment. it's about 65 degrees now. we're headed to 76 today. are you kidding me? beautiful day. so we're at the speedway. they have turned this into one big party, sponsored by, among others, purdue university, nasa and the speedway. 50,000 people expected here today. but in the zone of totality, 31 million people live in that zone, 150 million people are within about 200 miles, so there's a lot of people who will get at least a glimpse of the eclipse, but indy today is going to get, we think, a spectacular vau. can i space geek out for you just a moment here? because what's really cool is

the sun is 400 times further away from the moon, right? 400 times, and yet it is 400 times bigger than the moon. the reason this is really cool is because that distance makes it seem they're going to be right up against each other. the truth is they're not, the moon is much smaller. but we have this unique relationship between the moon and the sun where it will block it out totally depending where you are, could last for three and a half, four and a half minutes or so. it starts at 3:06 p.m. on eastern time. everybody's talking about the glasses, the shades, you can't look at the sun with regular sunglasses. that won't be good enough. you got to use these special shades that will protect your eyesight. we know of at least one person in the last eclipse who quite literally burned her cornea because she looked into the sun. don't risk it. use these special sun glasses to get you protection. it will be a lot of fun, and all

up and down this zone of totality, they're going to be watching very closely. jose, back to you. >> tom costello, thank you so very much. really love your glasses and all the information. so i'm just thinking what kind of really happens during a solar eclipse, and you know, tom was telling us why, but why is this one so special? >> well, eclipses actually happen all the time. if you think about the earth orbiting the sun and the moon orbiting the earth, and the earth spinning, it's just that most of the time these eclipses happen over the ocean because the ocean covers the vast majority of the earth, but every now and then the path of totality goes over, you know, big population centers like this time. every couple of decades or so or even sooner sometimes, we get part of the north america that is covered in that zone, and this is one of those times, and so it will get very dark if you're in the path of totality. if you're not, it will still get a little bit darker depending on how far away you are.

but it won't last very long as tom was saying, only about three, three and a half minutes. but it will be a pretty cool thing to see. >> you're actually one of the few people who have seen a partial eclipse from space. you've said that it's a better view from here on earth? >> yeah, you know, i shot the first astronaut video of an eclipse from space, and you can see a little kind of a brown spot or blackish spot on the clouds, and you know, it was not super dramatic. it will be much more dramatic here to actually have it kind of go dark to a degree or so. i remember when i was probably 8 or 9 years old, i saw my first eclipse, and it was a good part of the sun was blocked out. we weren't in the path of totality, but i remember it just kind of got dark on the playground a little bit for a couple of minute thes. it wasn't too big of a deal, but it was kind of cool. >> experts have said it's not something you just see that somehow you can feel it as well. how do you feel it?

>> well, it's a lot -- well, i mean, you're literally getting into the shade, right? if you're oit out on a hot summer day and step into the shade. it's cooler. it's not going to get that much colder. you're just going to be blocked from that direct sunlight for a few minutes. you'll get a chance to cool off if you're in some hot weather. you'll feel it for sure if you're in the path of totality, but it won't be too, too dramatic. >> i was thinking just how in history of the world, different people have seen this as being different things, right? and so now we're able to, you know, predict it, know exactly where it's going to be happening, how long. how can people watch it safely? >> well, you have to, of course, use the glasses. don't look directly at the sun without the special glasses. don't use your phone, you know, you can kind of inadvertently look at the sun.

i mean, if you glimpse even now with the sun, you can take a quick look at it without any problem, but just don't have that temptation to look at it for several seconds or longer. you could do permanent eye damage. so be safe. use the glasses, if you want to look up at it, otherwise just kind of enjoy, you know, seeing the effects of everything getting a little bit darker for a while, for a short period of time. >> how excited are you, and where are you going to be? i know you're in houston. >> right, i'm in houston right now looking outside, it's pretty overcast. so probably won't be very dramatic from here, but i know other parts of the country, hopefully the weather is clear and people there will get a good view of it. >> thank you very much for being with us. it's always great seeing you. i really appreciate your time. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> and make sure to stay with us for special coverage of the total eclipse, anchored by katy tour. it begins at 2:00 p.m. eastern, 11:00 a.m. pacific right here on

msnbc. i want to turn now to the importance of financial education. a new report finds that taking a personal finance course in high school may be worth up to $100,000 over a student's lifetime. joining us now is sharon epperson, senior personal finance correspondent at cnbc. $100,000 for a class? >> absolutely. you know, from opening a high yield savings account and avoiding high interest debt to understanding budgeting for your own business, students are actually learning lessons that can also benefit their families and communities. as one expert told us, when you multiply that impact, financial education is an incredible economic engine. 11th graders in queens, new york, are honing a business idea. >> this product would cost around $15. >> for a competition for young entrepreneurs. in nashville, they're building on classroom lessons to simulate how to manage money in a future career.

>> high school students are creating a budget for their first apartment. >> so we're going to play a little price is right. >> reporter: all are investing in tomorrow through the financial education classes they're taking today. >> it's something you need to do, not just in school, but you have to do it when you grow up when you get a job, you have to buy a car, a house. >> reporter: the lifetime value of taking a high school personal finance class is about $100,000 for each student. a cumulative benefit of saving regularly and reducing risk. >> when you look at what happens when a student does not get a financial literacy class and they don't understand interest rates and credit scores, by and large, they're not able to really compare the interest rates on loans and they don't really understand the implications of taking on high interest rate debt. >> reporter: the share of u.s. high school students taking a semester-long personal finance course before high school graduation is growing fast. from nearly 17% in 2018 to 26% this year to more than half by 2030 when new policies are fully

implemented. >> you guys want to jump right into it? >> reporter: news students say the class will be available for their personal finances and their careers. >> do you think that that is making you more financially savvy for whatever you do going forward? >> yeah. >> yes. >> definitely. >> taking this class and having the opportunity really opened my mind into like this experience, and obviously we're all having a lot of fun. >> one in four high school students in the u.s. will have a lot of fun to do. they're going to take a semester long personal finance class before they graduate this year, and in 25 state it is is a requirement. many cities and school districts have their own policies providing financial education classes to high schoolers and even younger students, jose. >> unbelievable. sharon epperson, thank you so much. it's great seeing you. >> good to see you. up next -- thank you. up next, remembering anmen israeli just 19 years old. his parents thought etai had been taken by hamas and fought

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want to know how you and your family are doing today. >> not good, jose. it is the worst kind of psychological warfare that, you know, we had hopes that he was alive all of this time. and you get the message from the intelligence organizations that he was killed on october 7th. i would like to ask you, jose, what type of savages takes a deceased body and wants to use it as a negotiation chip? what type of people arby's? >> you have not been able to bury your son how are you tackling this? >> unfortunately, it has been six months and my son is still hostage. we demand the minimum of having

closure. itay died , was killed, protecting civilians. i think the decent thing that we should be entitled to is have a place to mourn for him. i would like to reach out to the muslim community in the united states and like to ask them, is that part of islam? taking bodies, no respect for the deceased? i would be glad to hear better opinion on this tactic that hamas is doing to us to continue our suffering and hold the bodies of the deceased. not just my son, a u.s. citizen, but multiple. over 35 bodies are being kept by hamas for over six months. >> there has been so much death since the 7th of october and there were so much death on the

7th of october and since then print including seven kitchen aid workers killed in gaza last week. ruby, how does this end? >> i think the equation of this has been on the table from day one. my son joined over 40 u.s. citizens that were killed by hamas. it needs to end with the release of the hostages. we are at a critical junction. we need to put maximum pressure on the parties to get to the cease-fire. the u.s. families, hostage families, our meeting today. the deputy secretary needs to understand the level of sanctions that are put on the hamas organization and its leaders and their families to make sure they understand they do not have a dime to their name

. as well as meaning, later today, jake sullivan, in order to get from him an update -- i think he gets our perspective with the family themselves and where we are. we just need to make sure hamas does not wiggle it self out again. this is a type of middle eastern negotiations that everyone plays tough until the end in order to improve their positions. we cannot let them do that. >> ruby, i cannot thank you enough for being with us but i know the hourglass that you have and take with you mean so much. >> there is no more sand left. >> let us keep in touch. i very much appreciate you being with us and on this important day, we never forget. ruby chen, thank you. that rubs up the hour. you can always reach me on social media. thank you for the privilege of

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